Daily Answers

1-across – Girl put on article the wrong way round : DONNA

4-across – Pole eggs on employer at a dance : BOSSANOVA

9-across – Unusually large one, a republic in Africa : ALGERIA

10-across – Either way, it’s a popular novel : AGASAGA

11-across – Saw how most teas are served? : NOTICED

12-across – Cashier one Sergeant Major in Norfolk town : DISMISS

13-across – Charming girl’s let in boy for nothing : SWEETFANNYADAMS

15-across – Dog nearing slippers goes wild : SPRINGERSPANIEL

20-across – Singer posed to accommodate popular artist : SINATRA

21-across – Music and drink brings affinity : RAPPORT

22-across – One about to put down British composer : IRELAND

23-across – A French counterfeit coin bearing head of really fabulous beast : UNICORN

24-across – Information given by staff about mature garden plant : GOLDENROD

25-across – Emperor from Chianti, Tuscany : TITUS

1-down – Is doing as badly – that’s the doctor’s opinion : DIAGNOSIS

2-down – Frilly thing that is a garment worn in bed : NIGHTIE

3-down – Fruit in a container mostly loaded inside : APRICOT

4-down – Cocktail made by brother Andrew and another boy : BRANDYALEXANDER

5-down – Buy drinks with drop of gin in, then refuse to move : STANDONESGROUND

6-down – Region containing a lake, salt lake : ARALSEA

7-down – Ring girl about trendy wind instrument : OCARINA

8-down – Former US president produces a manuscript after a bit of delay : ADAMS

14-down – Parting and sides showing signs of poor hair : SPLITENDS

16-down – Novelist aboard called nervously on the way up : RENDELL

17-down – Crank, one with an obsessive interest over lawsuit : NUTCASE

18-down – Assign a parking place : APPOINT

19-down – Settle a problem in golf club over Open : IRONOUT

20-down – American drink – Carol has litre brought in : SLING

1-across – Annie, perhaps, spotted instrument played like a cello : MUSICALSAW

6-across – Suppress geologist’s first report : BANG

10-across – Detain Danish gay, troublesome at the present time : INTHISDAYANDAGE

11-across – A learner driver seen on roads, whatever the circumstances : ALWAYS

12-across – Treat popular deputy : STANDIN

14-across – Hangman’s halter quickly brought over head of evildoer : NOOSE

15-across – A ‘rue’ out to new French motorway : AUTOROUTE

17-across – Embarrassed, editor catching worker in the act : REDHANDED

19-across – First in triathlon, Italian with the French name : TITLE

20-across – Roman historian understood American : TACITUS

22-across – Court jester, one about to enter royal house : YORICK

24-across – Words of exasperation used in desert about nourishment? : FORGOODNESSSAKE

25-across – Item-by-item record is kept by lieutenant : LIST

26-across – Initially, Ken and Dan streak playfully, quite bare : STARKNAKED

1-down – Important chess piece capturing one : MAIN

2-down – Tell secrets – do so, nastily, to get even : SETTLEOLDSCORES

3-down – Prevailing trend in Sri Lanka, one connected with tea : CLIMATE

4-down – Servant’s dismal day working : LADYSMAID

5-down – Fool crossing near very deep gorge : ABYSS

7-down – A formidable opponent can cause one a difficult problem : AHARDNUTTOCRACK

8-down – Commando, new boy gripping end of knife : GREENBERET

9-down – Dishonest fellow fired from amusement park : UNFAIR

13-down – Disagreeable frau let gun off : UNGRATEFUL

16-down – Religious leader, bishop, in rush to find cuddly toy : TEDDYBEAR

18-down – Take proceedings against one in part of London : ACTION

19-down – Lays into boy after short walk : TURNSON

21-down – Feeling sorrow because of assassinated president : SADAT

23-down – Forward, first to shoot on target : SEND

1-across – Ready to help forgetful actor : PROMPT

4-across – Sylvester, a hotel employee, is a wily type : SLYBOOTS

9-across – Pop band appears in rainy weather, three times : WETWETWET

11-across – Evildoer’s heading off in secret : INNER

12-across – Slight error in pre-printed form : SLIP

13-across – Tenth place tapped medium’s board : PLANCHETTE

15-across – Obsession about head of company in mink trade abroad : ONETRACKMIND

18-across – Dressing a couple of sailors applied to cheek after end of scuffle : TARTARESAUCE

21-across – Verbal abuse after dark, and trucheon’s produced : NIGHTSTICK

22-across – Character not showing a great desire : ITCH

24-across – Dance beat provided by good disc : TANGO

25-across – Uneducated person roaming about America : IGNORAMUS

26-across – Calibre of dismantled dear item : DIAMETER

27-across – Mountain dweller, that woman entering hydro : SHERPA

1-down – Uncle’s concern? : PAWNSHOP

2-down – One unlikely to win, away team against second in group : OUTSIDER

3-down – One coming in through wharf : PIER

5-down – Certain animal is dancing, or sort of dancing : LATINAMERICAN

6-down – Intelligence demonstrated by Elizabeth ringing correct number : BRIGHTNESS

7-down – Make a formal speech about knight, decorated : ORNATE

8-down – Herb used in sauces or relishes : SORREL

10-down – Aggressive person set out to cause industrial action : WILDCATSTRIKE

14-down – Extremely brusque bandaging injured baronet’s sternum : BREASTBONE

16-down – A regular in courts – me, unfortunately : CUSTOMER

17-down – Beads scattered around the church : BETHESDA

19-down – Agreed with one editor : UNITED

20-down – Inside information held by girl making programme : AGENDA

23-down – Shrewd chief : ARCH

1-across – Chapter on area of Italy and area of England : CUMBRIA

5-across – Infantryman in base one has gone inside to join : FOOTSOLDIER

7-across – Name the baritone mutilated in novel : THREEMENINABOAT

9-across – Dog, mine, chased by farm animal : PITBULL

10-across – Men – they let of steam, reportedly : GEEZERS

11-across – Daily could be thinner after start of cutbacks : CLEANER

13-across – One levelling charges, copper, in nasty scare : ACCUSER

14-across – Royal household officer may give praise, we hear, to former PM : LORDCHAMBERLAIN

15-across – Dear dowager harassed in tube station : EDGWAREROAD

16-across – Macabre story about Herts town : ROYSTON

1-down – Very nearly got ace – iron club’s new : CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR

2-down – Give out cards incorrectly? Maiden ladies confused : MISDEAL

3-down – Arrive with leader of group, extremely rich : ROLLING

4-down – Film at cinema, too darn silly : ANIMATEDCARTOON

5-down – This may describe a murder at the outset on stage : FIRSTDEGREE

6-down – Yorkshire cricketer put down – one must be in a state : RHODEISLAND

7-down – Newsworthy subject, article on lake : TOPICAL

8-down – Nutters disrupted trial : TESTRUN

12-down – Extremely rough at a New York plant : RHATANY

13-down – Going round in the morning determined to catch one : AMBIENT

1-across – Spirit label beginning to yellow : BRANDY

4-across – Go mad at failure to find sandal : FLIPFLOP

9-across – Planet – see it go round : SATURN

10-across – Level with boy with good service : EVENSONG

12-across – Pub worker has to use skill during drinking bout, … : BARTENDER

13-across – … entire session : ROUND

14-across – Small and attractive head backing out of shop : DELICATESSEN

18-across – Now had calls, unfortunately, beginning to present an indication of disapproval : SLOWHANDCLAP

21-across – Sweeper needs bit of breathing space : BROOM

22-across – No dead in Durham town cemetery! : ARLINGTON

24-across – Satellite phone, and its unusual ring : CALLISTO

25-across – Father in need of sheltered accommodation? That’s very evident : PATENT

26-across – Police officer, Frenchman, visiting social worker : SERGEANT

27-across – Mouse star? : SHINER

1-down – Nosey Parker tied up by chap close to quarry : BUSYBODY

2-down – In spite of everything, comes in last? : AFTERALL

3-down – Grave song? : DIRGE

5-down – Distinctive uniform, firmly established in place where horses may be kept : LIVERYSTABLE

6-down – Correspondent’s enclosure, right, received by addict : PENFRIEND

7-down – Get better view on horseback : LOOKUP

8-down – A graven image in Pennsylvania shrine : PAGODA

11-down – US writer with another novel about diamonds : EDITHWHARTON

15-down – Editorial about short fat eastern pantomime character : COLUMBINE

16-down – Nurse drinking coffee, an untidy woman : SLATTERN

17-down – Old maid in play, endlessly strict : SPINSTER

19-down – A taxi picked up by American? You can count on it : ABACUS

20-down – Hat left in arbour : BOWLER

23-down – Bovine animals by mouth of Hudson River : NEATH